Midstack Friday Share Thread

Post your latest essay or note

Happy Friday once again! Time to share what you’ve been writing with all of us.

And once again I woke up here in western New York, very close to the Canadian border, to an orange-ish sky and the smell of smoke. The past few days have not only put a halt to many of my family’s summer activities (sports practices, pool days) but caused me to reflect with sadness and anger on the world we’ll be leaving behind for the next generations.

I know we have a bunch of writers who are new to Midstack this week… Welcome!

Here’s how the Friday share thread works:

• In the comments of this post, introduce yourself and your Substack in a sentence or two

• Tell us what you’re sharing this week

• Drop the link to your post or Note

• Spend a few minutes on other people’s work too: comment, restack, like, or share

• Subscribe to anyone whose writing pulls you in

• Return throughout the weekend and into next week

One other thing: if a piece of writing touches you, say so on the piece itself, not just here in the thread. And if you’ve already engaged with someone’s work outside this thread, give it a like here too, so they know.

Just a reminder that our 10-day cohort — the Midstack Going Paid on Substack Experiment — starts on Monday, July 20th, for paid Midstack subscribers. It includes five lessons, five days of implementation, and one clear assignment after each lesson that you’ll post for real feedback from other writers in this community, not “homework” you do alone and never look at again.

Paid subscribers can unlock a link to sign up for the cohort on Midstack’s Perk page HERE (only on the web version of Substack, not the app). Or they can sign up directly HERE.

You can learn more:

5 Myths About Going Paid — And My Own Confession